The guest lost her son, and I understand that it's a very difficult loss (perhaps the MOST difficult). Moms are the most difficult people to deal with in treating kids. Then they want to sue, when nothing could have been done, which I believe increases healthcare costs to patients who are alive and can barely afford what treatments they do get. If it's legit, fine, if not, I can't stand those people.
There was a mother at a local hospital who WOULD NOT let her son off life support (the baby was going to die regardless, but she dragged it on and on). Here's an exerpt from the paper:
"The odd comment that I remember from this story is when I heard Catarina said, “I know he’s going to die. I just want him to die naturally.” Ok - so what did she think about how natural it was to keep him orally intubated and ventilated, loaded with medications to prevent seizures and infections, among others, nutrition fed through a tube, frequent respiratory treatments and procedures to keep his lungs clear of secretions, etc.
None of those things sound very natural to me. I dare say anyone that takes that much electricity to keep going is living entirely artificially, as we artificially provide ventilation and nutritional support and all the meticulous aspects of running the life support equipment.
Did you notice that the hospital’s response was to provide group counseling sessions to the staff twice a week to work through their hardships of delivering care to this boy, given his mother’s actions? What a telling sign that she was stressing the staff out and her influence personally and negatively influencing the nurses responsible for the management of care for all the other patients in the Pediatric ICU. Seems like a tragic misunderstanding and waste of resources to me. "
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2007/05/19/emilio_gonzales_loses_battle.html
This mom reminded me of her for some reason.
